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States Care About Right-to-Repair Too

<span data-preserver-spaces="true">Tuesday, voters in Maine passed Question 4, allowing local repair shops and mechanics access to the same data as dealerships. This ballot measure sought to establish an automotive Right-to-Repair. 

<span data-preserver-spaces="true">The Maine ballot asked, <span data-preserver-spaces="true">“Do you want to require vehicle manufacturers to standardize on-board diagnostic systems and provide remote access to those systems and mechanical data to owners and independent repair facilities?”

<span data-preserver-spaces="true">A "yes" vote allows all mechanical information about a vehicle to be available beyond dealerships. This availability would include activities such as, being able to diagnose and repair a vehicle along with regular maintenance issues.

<span data-preserver-spaces="true">Maine is the sixth state in the U.S. to approve some standard of Right-to-Repair protections. Maine joins the states of California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New York with laws regarding the Right-to-Repair on their books. 

<span data-preserver-spaces="true">What is most exciting about the recent action in Maine is that voters overwhelmingly approved the measure. The most recent vote totals show 84% of Mainers voted to protect the Right-to-Repair!

<span data-preserver-spaces="true">While the Right-to-Repair is gaining traction in Washington, D.C., demonstrably, voters and state governments are not waiting for federal officials to act. The momentum behind the Right-to-Repair is gaining steam. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation is proud to support this movement and defend a consumers access to the tools, parts and information needed to service and repair products. 

<span data-preserver-spaces="true">Congratulations to the State of Maine! Well done!
 

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